Joanna Gilman Hyde

"Good Morning, World!"

AND NOW TO CHECK ON THE MOON

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 7:46pm

EYE get to see

The Sun rise

through M(EYE) New

Faux Lash

It’s not up yet

EYE will put the coffee water

on

— There — at 7:50am

flutter, flutter

THE QUEEN OF ARTIFICE

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 5:00pm

Hail Synthetic Lash!

I Am The Proud Owner

Of One Hundred Dollars Worth

Of False Eye Lashes

To Bat

At Whomever I Choose!

“TELL M(EYE) BLOG!”

The Hawk Kitchen 10:42am

EYE AM

BACK TO M(EYE)

LIFE GLASS

where the water seems colder

&

EYE AM

HIGHER

I SAW THE MOON SET & THE SUN RISE

The Hawk Window Seat 1:30am

I let The Moonlight

in along the floor

& across My Seat

where the toilet sat

& across My Bed

where I dreamt

of a depression of sun

on My Forearm

belonging to someone

 else*

*Karen King

LAST & FIRST

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 2:22pm

I have retired

My Sacred “Life” Glass

into the Styrofoam packing case

housing the arrival

of My New Concept 2 Twenty Million Metre

ceramic coffee mug

from which I am about

to take

My First Drink:

EYE DID IT!

TWICE!

ON THE RISE

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 7:55am

Heralding The Gold

of The Climbing Sun

I See It Shimmer

Flickering Blue & White

into My Early Morning

Eyeballs —

I See It Generate

The Heat of The Day

& I Know It

To Be Pure

I Know It

To Be Fine

ELIZA IN MY KITCHEN

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 12:55pm

Last Night My Eliza

cooked fish chowder

corn bread and a Waldorf Salad

— She makes Smoothies too —

out of pumpkin or beet juice

& I drink Them down

because of Their Colours

I eat Her Frozen Chocolate Mousse

for My Lunch just because

She says It’s not even

A Real Mousse

MORNING SILVER 3

The Hawk Dining Room 10:11am

Oh My God

The Silver On The Ocean

Is Divine

The Sun Spreads Through The Clouds

& Hits The Water’s Sway

Pulling Me

To The Day I Was Hit

With My Glorious Silver Heights

THE JOANNA EFFECT

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 4:11pm

Once there was a little girl

who wondered why the sky was blue

she asked her mommy who knew not how

and watched her mommy die

Down From Her Mother’s Ceiling Came

The Shower Of Silver Lights — The Little Girl

Grew Big Beneath The Silver Swords

& Vowed To Have Her Worth Be Told —

She Told Her Doctor On Her Day

Of 22 Years Ago — And Now

We Know The World Will Say

AHA!

FOILED

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 3:22pm

I have made My Star Man

in My Mind —

I have laid Him out flat

on the surface of My Dishwasher

Counter Top — I have crumpled

His Head with be-jewelled fingers

I have secured His Limbs

with The Iron of My Blood —

He sits with Me now

in My Kitchen — where no one

but Me

can see